About
CCG is a non-profit private entity that started its activity in 1993 and is currently located in Guimarães, at Campus de Azurém (University of Minho). CCG is an applied investigation and technological innovation Institute for digital economy, designing and prototyping new high-value processes, services, and products in fields of computer graphics, ubiquitous computing, human-machine interaction, and information engineering. CCGInstitute is formally recognized by the Portuguese Government as a Public-Interest R&I (Research and Innovation) organization, by the Portuguese Agency for Innovation as a Centre for Technology Innovation, and by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation as part of ALGORITMI Research Centre (first Research Centre formally recognized in Portugal in the ICT domain).
CCG is structured in five domains of applied research: Computer Vision Interaction and Graphics (CVIG), Software Engineering and Data Intelligence (EPMQ), Mobile Computing and Communications (MCC), Human-technology Interaction and Robotics (HTIR) and Computational Multi-Engineering Systems (CMES).
Fighting Crime and Terrorism
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-01: Improving capabilities of law enforcement to counter climate-related challengesHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-02: Open topic on preventing and countering the misuse of emerging technologies for criminal purposes, including issues related to lawful access to dataHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-03: Missing persons: prevention and investigationHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-05: Enhancing the security of citizens against terrorism and lone-actor violence in confined spaces such as schools
Border Management
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-01: Advanced border surveillance and situational awarenessHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-02: Accessible and available travel facilitationHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-03: Reliability of age assessment methods in the context of security and border management
Resilient Infrastructure
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-01: Tools and processes to support stress tests of critical infrastructureHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-02: Security challenges of the green transition in urban und peri urban areasHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-03: Targeted innovative capabilities for the resilience of critical entities to natural and human-induced disasters, including hybrid scenarios
Disaster-resilient society
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-01: Designing new ways of risk awareness and enhanced disaster preparednessHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-02: Multi-hazard approach and cumulative / cascading impactsHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03: Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditionsHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-05: Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe
Support to Security Research and Innovation
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-01: Open topic on supporting disruptive technological innovations for civil securityHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-02: Demand-led innovation in securityHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-04: Development of ecosystem and next-generation capabilities for a secured European Critical Communication System in civil security
Cybersecurity
HORIZON-CL3-2026-02-CS-ECCC-01:Approaches and tools for security in software and hardware development and assessmentHORIZON-CL3-2026-02-CS-ECCC-02:Enhancing the Security, Privacy and Robustness of AI Models and Systems (SecureAI)HORIZON-CL3-2026-02-CS-ECCC-03:Advanced cryptographic schemes and High-Assurance high-speed cryptographic implementations